Example sentences of "has become [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Living in London with her husband and daughter , Tricia is n't particularly used to big gardens — so the town variety has become her speciality . |
| 2 | I have noticed , however , that ‘ detach ’ has become her answer to everything . |
| 3 | Mr Harper , 63 , of Ronaldshay Drive , Richmond , is a friend to the old and has become their voice . |
| 4 | The Wedding Present are seen by many as a victory for the ordinary and in a perverse way , their lack of image has become their image . |
| 5 | Mr David Mellor , the Treasury Chief Secretary , who easily held his Putney seat — one of Labour 's London targets — said : ‘ Mr Kinnock 's bandwagon has become his tumbril . ’ |
| 6 | Starting on page 8 in this issue is an account of how Torrance managed to cure his problems with the help of the broomhandle putter which has become his trademark . |
| 7 | Pavel is driven , and the edge has become his home territory . |
| 8 | It has become his hole . |
| 9 | I gather that since he is to become a man of substance the world has become his oyster . ’ |
| 10 | In this case it represents Jeff 's ( James Stewart ) view of the windows around and across the courtyard that has become his world since being immobilized with a broken leg . |
| 11 | This is how almost all of his days have been spent , casting bait , checking behind him , moving on ; apart from odd nights in hostels where he can get a bath and about thirteen hours of near-coma to catch up , he 's been continuously on the road since the dawn that he stole the car and the cash that has become his fighting fund . |
| 12 | He had trawled for views and ideas , as has become his method . |
| 13 | There is no gaiety in Peter , she thought , bending her face to the wafer , no real pleasure in living , just an anxious shrinking from everything except duty ; obligation has become his Rule , he clings to it , it stops him drowning . |
| 14 | Coventry 0 , Arsenal 1 KEVIN CAMPBELL displayed the brand of finishing that has become his hallmark , to take Arsenal into fourth place and leave Coventry facing relegation worries , writes David Horridge . |
| 15 | I seek to exorcise it , although in many ways my obsession has become my life . |
| 16 | It has become my hobby as well as my business . ’ |
| 17 | " A charming man , " Aunt Alicia had written to her in America , " has become my tenant . |
| 18 | Hopefully I have learned from past mistakes and now have honed it in such a way that it has become my profession . |
| 19 | Hopefully I have learned from past mistakes and now have honed it in such a way that it has become my profession . |
| 20 | BRANCHING OUT : Ivan Bennett of Southport with some of his treasured trees : ‘ Bonsai has become my religion we live off each other ’ Picture : STEPHEN SHAKESHAFT |
| 21 | and he has become my salvation ; |
| 22 | The dean said , ‘ My child in the Spirit has become my Father in God . ’ |
| 23 | Once love has become your property you will be a lover always , in the grave , at the resurrection , and in Paradise for ever and ever . ’ |
| 24 | but she has become our friend : I do not feel compelled |